Dawn of the Space Age!
SpaceX will launch a batch of 34 Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 will be on this mission as a rideshare payload.
BlueWalker 3 is AST SpaceMobile’s prototype satellite and is designed to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices. The spacecraft was built with an aperture of 693 square feet to establish connectivity directly with cell phones via 3GPP-standard frequencies.
